Resilience
Photograph by Denise Beckwith Kahnawake Mohawk of the Six Nations Confederacy and Pottowatomi of the Three Fires Confederacy. Bear Clan. – Mona Stonefish, Canada “My name is Mona Stonefish. I’m Mohawk of Kahnawake of the Six Nations Confederacy and Pottowatomi Anishinaabe [also spelled Potowatomi or Bode’wadmi] of the Three Fires Confederacy. I’m Bear Clan. When […]…
Shame
“All my brothers don’t want to hear anything about the rape. Even my mum she doesn’t want to talk about the rape. They say it brings shame, but whose shame is it?” – Anonymous, South Africa, 2017 “I have always had a disability. I had polio as a baby. My father hated me because I […]…
Shame
Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘All my brothers don’t want to hear anything about the rape. Even my mum she doesn’t want to talk about the rape. They say it brings shame, but whose shame is it?’ – Anonymous, South Africa ‘I have always had a disability. I had polio as a baby. My father hated […]…
Only Skin
“I think it all comes from the family first, because the family need to accept you and when you grow up, you gain self confidence from the family, yes outside there is a lot of attitude …I’m not different from other people, its only the skin.” – Claudia, South Africa, 2017 “Those people who are […]…
Only Skin
Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘I think it all comes from the family first, because the family need to accept you and when you grow up, you gain self confidence from the family, yes outside there is a lot of attitude …I’m not different from other people, its only the skin.’ – -Claudia, South Africa ‘Those […]…
Rain
Photography by Denise Beckwith – Rosyln, South Africa, 2017 Sexual violations against persons with mental disability is on the increase. In a systematic review (2014), the WHO reported that adults with disabilities are 1.5 times more likely to be victims of violence than people without disabilities whilst people with mental health conditions are nearly four […]…
Rain
– Rosyln, South Africa, 2017 Sexual violations against persons with mental disability is on the increase. In a systematic review (2014), the WHO reported that adults with disabilities are 1.5 times more likely to be victims of violence than people without disabilities whilst people with mental health conditions are nearly four times more likely to […]…
Love
– Love, South Africa, 2017 “When I was one year old, my mother gave me up and put me in a convent. At the time she didn’t know that I had cerebral palsy, she thought I was normal. I was only one year old.The nuns told me that my mother was dead , but I […]…
Love
Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘I have overcome many things. The thing I like about my life now is that I look after all the keys in our home. I lock and unlock doors for people. I have my own set of keys that I keep with me. This gives me control and a purpose as […]…
Random
“I had a normal childhood and I used to play with my siblings. I have 3 brothers and I’m close to one of my older brothers. My mother always worked and I had my accident 8 years ago. I worked with my father, brothers and some cousins. We would always meet at a place to […]…